Interpreting ExpertFlyer seat maps

[simongr]

Hi all

Just wondering what the interpretation of this seat map should be:



I am flying SYD-MEL on a A330. I am in 23K which is an exit row. 23J wasn't available for me at OLCI.

It is showing as blocked rather than occupied which I find a bit strange?

Any insights?

Cheers

S

 

[Must...Fly!]

Perhaps someone was there but decided to sit elsewhere/cancelled/changed their flight and you've now inherited a shadow

However, EF seat maps are not always an exact science in themselves.

 

[richie9x]

The first thing that sprung to mind was bassinet seat. But for 23K that would only be for an international layout A330-200. And I would have expected J and K to both be blocked. And if it is shown as a exit row seat then it can't be an international A330-200.

In my experience as a P1 the only blocked (as opposed to occupied) seats I see are bassinet seats, CL shadows, Y exit rows on international flights and usually last row or two (i assume reserved for unaccompanied minors). None of these seem to fit your situation. So no idea...

 

[simongr]

It is an exit row. I am assuming 25E is a shadow - though why 26DE are also blocked is a mystery - unless 26FG are CL/P1 and the row is blocked for them.

 

[medhead]

23J could be nominally assigned to someone, being P1. Can you select the 25 and 26 X seats? If so they also could be nominally assigned to people but not selected so Qantas will let you take them but EF won't show that detail.

Bit hard to say without also seeing the Qantas Seat map.

 

[simongr]

In the end I initially had a free seat next to me which I was pleased with - until another a/c went u/s and they had to put them on our flight...

Bizarrely I saw a CL from the other a/c walk past me down to 31 (I overhead him asking where it was) and the guy next to me as a NB...